30 NOVEMBER 1996, page 38

A Little Understanding

Sir: Mr Gerry Adams blames the British for the failure of the Irish to save the Irish lan- guage. The mayor of New York wants his city's schoolchildren to be instructed in the......

Sir: Little Can We Add To The Fact That The

sur- vivors of the International Brigades have come back to Spain on holidays. The ideal- ism of Stalin's foot-soldiers can also be beyond doubt, but I am amazed by Alfred......

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to keep Germany in check. Of course, a pact with Germany as a means of keeping the Soviet Union out of a European war was always an option, but what government in that situation......

Falling Into The Trap

Sir: Over the last few months, a series of articles have appeared in the press, all attacking Sir James Goldsmith from a com- mon standpoint. The first, by Sir Michael Spicer,......